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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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