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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines 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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