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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major 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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