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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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