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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major 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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