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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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