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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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