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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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