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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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