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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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