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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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