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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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