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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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