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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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