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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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