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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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