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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews 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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