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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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