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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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