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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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