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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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