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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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