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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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