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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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