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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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