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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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