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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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