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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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