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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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