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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources