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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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