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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major 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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