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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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