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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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