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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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