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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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