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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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