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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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