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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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