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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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