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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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