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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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