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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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