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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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