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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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