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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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