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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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