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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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