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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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