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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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