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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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