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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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