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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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