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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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