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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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