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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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