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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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