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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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