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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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