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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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