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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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