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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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