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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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