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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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