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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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