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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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