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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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