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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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