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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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