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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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