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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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