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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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