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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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