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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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