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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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