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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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