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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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