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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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