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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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