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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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