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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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