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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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