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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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