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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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