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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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