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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the 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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