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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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