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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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