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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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