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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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