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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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