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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key 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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