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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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