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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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