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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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