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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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