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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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