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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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