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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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