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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the 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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