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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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