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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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