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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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