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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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