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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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