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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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