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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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