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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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