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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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