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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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