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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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