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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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