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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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