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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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