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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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