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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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