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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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