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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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