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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 massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes 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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