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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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