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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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