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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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