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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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