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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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