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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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