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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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