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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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