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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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