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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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