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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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