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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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