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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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