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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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