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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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