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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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