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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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