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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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