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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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