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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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