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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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