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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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