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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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