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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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