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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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