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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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