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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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