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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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