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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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