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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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