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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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