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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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