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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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