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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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