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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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