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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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