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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major 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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