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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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