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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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