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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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