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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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