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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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