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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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