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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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