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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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