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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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