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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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