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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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