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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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