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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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