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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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