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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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