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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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