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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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