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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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