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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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