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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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