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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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