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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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