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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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