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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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