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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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