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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part 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 typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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