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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the 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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