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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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