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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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