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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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