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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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