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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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