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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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