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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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