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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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