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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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