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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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