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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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