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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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