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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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