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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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