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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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