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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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