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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major 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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