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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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