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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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