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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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