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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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