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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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