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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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