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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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