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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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