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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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