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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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