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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with low 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 distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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