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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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