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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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