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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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