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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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