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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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