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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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