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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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