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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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