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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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