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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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