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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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