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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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