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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major 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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