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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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