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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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