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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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