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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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