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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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