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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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