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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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