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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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