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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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