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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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