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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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