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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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