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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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