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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key 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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