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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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