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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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