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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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