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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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