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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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