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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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