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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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