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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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