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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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