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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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