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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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