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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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