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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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