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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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