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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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