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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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