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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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