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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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