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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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