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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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