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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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