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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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