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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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