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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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