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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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