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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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