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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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