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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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