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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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