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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key 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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