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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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