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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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