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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major 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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