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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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