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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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