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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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