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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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