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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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