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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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