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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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