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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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