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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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