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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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