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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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