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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in 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 online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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