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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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