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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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