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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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