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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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