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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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