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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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