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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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