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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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