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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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