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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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