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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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