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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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