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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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