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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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