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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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