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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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