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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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