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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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