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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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