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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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