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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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