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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major 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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