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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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