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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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