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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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