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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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