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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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