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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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