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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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