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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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