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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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