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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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