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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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