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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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