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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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