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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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