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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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