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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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