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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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