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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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