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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 several issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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