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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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