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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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