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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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