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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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