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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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