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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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