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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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