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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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