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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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