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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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