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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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