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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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