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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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