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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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