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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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