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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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