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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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