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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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