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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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