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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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