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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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