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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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