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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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