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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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