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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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