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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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