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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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