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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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