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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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