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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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