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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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