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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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