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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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