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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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