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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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