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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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