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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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