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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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