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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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