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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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