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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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