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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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