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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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