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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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