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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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