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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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