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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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