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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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