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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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