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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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