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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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