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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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