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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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