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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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