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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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