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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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