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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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