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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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