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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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