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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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