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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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