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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the 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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