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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition