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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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