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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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