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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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