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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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