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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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