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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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