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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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