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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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