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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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