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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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