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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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