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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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