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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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