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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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