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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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