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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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