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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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