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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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