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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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