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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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