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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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