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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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