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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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