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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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