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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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