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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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