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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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