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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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