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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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