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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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