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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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