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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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