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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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