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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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