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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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