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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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