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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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