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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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