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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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