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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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