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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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