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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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