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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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