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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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