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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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