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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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