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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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