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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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