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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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