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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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