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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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