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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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