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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative 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 authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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