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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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