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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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