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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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