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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes 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 classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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