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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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