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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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