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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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