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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important 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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