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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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