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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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