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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major 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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