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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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