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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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