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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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