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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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