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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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