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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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