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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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