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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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