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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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