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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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