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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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