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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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