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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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