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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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