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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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