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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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