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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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