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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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