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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses