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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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