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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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