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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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