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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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 usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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