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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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