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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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