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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in 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 normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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