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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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