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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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