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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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