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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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