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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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