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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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