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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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