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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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