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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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