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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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