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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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