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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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