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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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