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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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