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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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