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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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