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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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