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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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