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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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