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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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