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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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