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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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