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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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