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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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