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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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