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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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