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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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