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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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