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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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