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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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