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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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