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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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