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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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