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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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