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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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